GRE Word List
PHYSIOGNOMY
the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
The meaning of the word physiognomy is the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| rotunda | a round building |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| approbation | commendation |